Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, who led Strategic Air Command from 1948 to 1957, considered America's first 1CBM, the Atlas, an extravagant boondoggle that wouldn't perform as anticipated. It would achieve a "satisfactory state of reliability [only after] long and bitter experience in the field," he argued. Of course, LeMay consistently put ballistic missiles last among SAC funding priorities, meaning the Atlas wouldn't get a chance to gain the "long and bitter experience in the field" that he demanded.
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机译：1948年至1957年领导战略空军司令部的柯蒂斯·E·雷梅（Curtis E. LeMay）将军认为，美国的第一架1步建立信任机（Atlas）是一种奢侈的笨蛋，其性能无法达到预期。他认为，“只有在该领域长期而痛苦的经验之后，才能实现令人满意的可靠性状态”。当然，LeMay始终将弹道导弹放在SAC的资金优先事项中，这意味着Atlas将没有机会获得他所要求的“长期的，痛苦的经验”。
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